American politics have become increasingly divided in recent years. One reason: Rural residents are having vastly different life experiences from their big-city counterparts. Wall Street Journal Read more »
Democrats Run Biggest Cities as U.S. Residents Cluster by Party
Twenty years ago, half the 12 largest U.S. municipalities had a Republican mayor. When Bill de Blasio takes office in New York on Jan. 1, none will. As middle-class residents moved out of cities and immigrants and young people replaced them, the party lost its grip on population centers even […] Read more »
Poll of voters living in rural communities and small towns
As Congress argues over farm subsidies and food stamps, Rural Americans complain that elected officials ignore small communities and fail to invest in their future. So found a unique, comprehensive poll of Rural Americans on the role of federal policy in creating economic opportunity for rural people and a future […] Read more »
The Romney Rural Surge
Rural voters polled last week said they preferred Romney to President Barack Obama by a 22-point margin, 59 percent to 37 percent. … The poll questioned 600 likely voters living in rural counties in nine swing states — Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. […] Read more »
Romney Rules Rural As Obama’s Support Wanes
The nation’s smallest and most remote places are providing Mitt Romney’s biggest margins in battleground states as the 2012 presidential race enters its final weeks. In fact, rural counties are keeping Romney competitive in the states that are now up for grabs. That’s what a new bipartisan survey indicates. The […] Read more »